The use of the rule of proportion in arithmetick and geometrie : First published at Paris in the French-tongue, and dedicated to Monsieur, the then Kings onely brother (now Duke of Orleance) by Edm. Wingate, an English gent. And now translated into English by the same author. Whereinto is now also inserted the construction of the same rule, and a farther use thereof, in questions that concern astronomie, dialling, geographie, navigation, gaging of vessel, military orders, interest and annuities.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Wingate, Edmund, 1596-1656.

Series:

Early English books online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mathematics--Early works to 1800.

Mathematics.

Geometry--Early works to 1800.

Geometry.

Slide-rule--Early works to 1800.

Slide-rule.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (12 unnumbered pages, 139 pages, 1 unnumbered page, 1 unnumbered folding plate) : illustrations

Edition:

The second edition inlarged and amended.

Place of Publication:

London : printed by J.B. for Philemon Stephens, at the Gilded Lion in Pauls Churchyard, 1658.

System Details:

text file

Notes:

With a complex system of brackets from "astronomie," to "annuities.".

Lrs copy, reel 2450, is tightly bound with some loss of text.

Reproduction of original in the Royal Society, London, England.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 2450:17) s1999 miun s

Cited in:

Wing (CD-ROM, 1996) W3026

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.